Chapter 5

Author's Note: So next chapter will be the introduction of Rias' peerage. I posted a poll on my profile determining the fate of Yuuto/Yumi so please take a moment to vote. Lime in this chapter, I think. I wouldn't go so far as to classify it as a lemon, but meh, some might. Thinking up ideas for Leo's Balance Break and would love to hear you suggestions. Also has anyone figured out what race Cornelia is?

"You!" "You!" Leo and the newcomer said pointing at one another.

"Tonight must be my lucky night." Leo grinned, chuckling darkly, moving towards man.

"The fuck you talking about punk?" The priest sneered, his tongue lolling out of his mouth in a disgusting expression. The priest drew a standard exorcist pistol and light sword.

"Remember me Freed?" Leo smiled sadistically, folding space to close the distance between the two. The boy-priest was barely able to take a step back as a dagger slashed upwards through his shirt and nicking him in the chin. "I'm finally going to put you down like the mad dog you are."

"Who are you? Another one of those child molesting bastards here to bring me back to the Church?"

"No." Leo answered drawing his twin sacred gears. "I'm here to fill your body with bullets." With that said he began to unleash a rapid stream of light bullets.

"Uwww. That sounds so dirty." The mad priest said, his body swaying lewdly as he dove for cover. "Are you always the pitcher or do you play catcher to?" Leo's only response was to fire a bullet towards the pews that the priest was using as cover. "Awww, did I hit a nerve?" He insanely stuck his head up, a light bullet grazing his cheek.

"You fucker! It doesn't matter cause tonight you're going to be playing catcher when I take this here light sword and shove it up your ass!" The man cackled charging towards Leo while firing his own pistol.

Massive calculations were going on in Leo's brain as thousands of thoughts happened at an accelerated pace. The bullets traveled through space, and in that moment he had already grasped everything about them from their angle, trajectory, speed, and best way to intercept. While he didn't have the same power over space as his mother did, his own skills were enough to do what he was about to do.

For every shot that Freed fired, Leo fired two in return, the first intercepting the insane priest's bullet, the other traveling to strike at him. Soon enough the man ran out of ammo and Leo was giving him no chances to reload. As for Leo's shots, he licked his lips savoring the pained look that the priest had as his own shots bored holes through the thin vestments and flesh with surgical precision.

None of his shots were lethal, nor were they exiting the body something that they were capable of, instead they aimed to cause pain. As Freed ran at him in a mad rage, swinging his sword wildly, Leo switched targets his first shot boring a hole straight through the center of the man's foot and into the stone floor below.

Freed screeched in pain missing his next step and tumbling towards Leo. Another step and Leo ended up on the other side of the Church, shooting the priest with his twin guns. Once more he had lowered the intensity of his weapon as cigarette like burns appeared all over Freed's body. The one time that the priest had tried to reach for his weapon Leo drilled a hole through his hand. Even his last ditch escape attempt with a flashbang ended in nothing more than him stumbling a few feet before Leo put two into his good leg. With no escape he could do nothing more than curl up into a ball and protect his face and chest.

"Die." Leo declared. There was nothing to it, no needless boasting, no grandstanding or evil monloguing. If he had his choice he would draw this out but he had neither the time nor tools to do so. Holding down the trigger, allowing the shot to charge up he fired, aiming to pierce the mad priest's heart.

The purple beam collided with a blue light spear, and though it shattered the spear with ease it was enough to divert his attack.

Clicking his tongue in annoyance, Leo turned to see a Fallen to the side, having intercepted his attack. The fallen was a middle-aged man with short black hair and dark blue eyes, and was dressed in a pale violet trenchcoat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot. Like Leo he also wore black pants and stylish brogue shoes. The final topper was the fedora that he wore. "Dohnaseek." Leo greeted.

"Leopold." The fallen nodded civilly. "May I ask what you are doing here?"

"Right now I'm putting down a mad dog." He answered getting ready to fire once more. "After that I have business with Raynare."

"I can't allow you to do that." The older man said summoning another light spear. "Lord Kokabiel has seen fit to attach him to our group."

A twitch developed as the war-mongering cadre of the Grigori was mentioned. That man was one of the few setbacks to his selling weapons and equipment to the Grigori as he had no doubt that the man would use them to start conflicts with the other factions. Still thought he was one of the Leaders of the Grigori so he couldn't lash out against him.

"Very well then, his life is in your hands." Leo said. Seeing Dohnaseek relax he attacked, and in less time than it took to blink he had fired once more at the fallen priest.

"MY BALL! YOU BLEW OFF ONE OF MY FUCKING BALLS!" Freed screeched, clutching at his ruined crotch.

"Oh you fucker. I remember you now!" Freed sneered. "You're that merc that always travels with the hot bitch with the great rack! Oh the things that I would love to do to her! MOTORBOAT ANYONE?"

"Shut up!" Leo said kicking the man in the head, before gripping him by the shirt and lifting him into the air. "If I hear you talk about Gabriel or Cornelia like that again I'll blow off the other one."

Dohnaseek knew what was coming as he saw a dagger materialize in Leo's hand and he moved, knocking Freed out of Leo's grasp as he slammed a fist down onto the Priest's skull knocking him out. "Shut up you fool!" The Fallen Angel hissed. "Thank you. For leaving him alive at least."

"Just keep him away from me." Leo warned. "Else next time I'll be putting a bullet in his head instead of playing around with him."

The older man nodded, flinging the priest into the pews. "Why did you come here?"

"I need to speak to you and the others." Leo said.

Dohnaseek looked him over, before raising a brow. "Raynare is not fit at the moment. Something punched a hole through her lower feathers and she's been in a pissy mood trying to heal them.

"This is important." Leo explained. "I'm under contract from Azazel."

"Do you have any proof? Lord Azazel never said anything about you coming here."

Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a piece of parchment. It was a standard mercenary contract, Azazel having filled out the various parts and objectives that he needed to complete in order to guarantee payment. The proof though was the two red wax seals at the bottom. The first was his own, pressed in with the simple signet ring he wore on his pinkie and right next to it was his signature written in blood. The other was Azazel's and was a vertical elaborately detailed spear with 12 wings, six on each side. Next to that was Azazel's name and while not signed in blood it had his unique signature to it.

Gesturing for the Fallen Angel to read it, he held on to it as this was one of only three copies. A few minutes later Dohnaseek was satisfied that it was authentic and leading him to the sanctum.

"Where is everyone? The reports said that you should've had a contingent of exorcists accompanying you."

"They're around. Some are in the barracks, others turned one of the larger halls into a training area, and others are out on patrol."

"I hope that they're not causing trouble with the local devils." Leo commented, as Dohnaseek led him deeper into the church.

Dohnaseek shook his head. "Raynare told them that the strays were fare game, but not to attack the Sitri or Gremory peerages. We don't have the necessary forces to get into conflict with them."

"Good, though I'm surprised that there were any stray at all in this town considering that there are two high-class devils here."

"Only a few. We've had to branch out to other towns, moving around has been difficult with all the guards that are on the outskirts of the city." Dohnaseek described, pushing open a door to an opulent study, with several comfortable chairs.

"Wait here and I'll get the others."

"Thank you." Taking off his greatcoat he took a seat and pulled out the files that Azazel had given him. For the umpteenth time since he had entered the town he began to review the mission that the Grigori group was supposed to be doing but were in violation of. He was like this for maybe a half hour before he heard footsteps approaching, and placing the folder on the central desk stood ready.

The door was thrown open slamming into the wall and throwing up a cloud of dust.

"Brother!" A girl cried. A blonde blur slammed into him, almost knocking him clean off his feet.

"Mittelt!" Leo smiled, patting the girl on the head. "How has your first mission been?"

Mittelt, a multi-generation pure-blood Fallen Angel, meaning that she never fell from Heaven but her parents were both pure-blood Fallen from Heaven. He had met her years ago, and she had taken a real shine to him as he often gave her sweets and showed her around some of the places that he visited. As always she wore her blonde hair in twintails and wore a black Lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front and a green jewel on the collar. She was also wearing white thigh-high socks and black shoes and finally a black bow atop her head that he had gotten her from one of his trips.

"It's okay." The girl shrugged burying her head into his chest. "But it's been boring! None of the others let me go out by myself, and they stopped me from exploring the city."

"You know why you can't go out by yourself." Leo chided. "You're still young, enjoy it while you can."

She looked up at him, wielding the infamous puppy dog eyes complete with watery eyes and quivering lips. "But, I don't see the harm in escorting you around the city." He folded like a house of cards in the middle of a hurricane.

"Thank you!" Mittelt yelled squeezing him tightly. He smiled wryly as he continued to pet the younger girl on the head. Another pair of arms encircled him, and he froze as he felt something soft pushing against his back.

"Starting young?" A sultry and smoky voice said in his ear. "You know if you want I'm more than willing to get into roleplay. I can't play the younger sister, but how about the sexy teacher guiding the younger and impressionable man through the throes of passion?" She giggled as she felt him shiver as her hot breath was on his ear. "Or would you prefer for me to be something more submissive? Come for me milord! Come and take this innocent women's virtue. Dominate and spoil her for any other man! Make her writhe in pleasure as you unleash all your depravity upon her body."

"Kalawarner." Leo said, prying Mittelt off and turning around, to face the older and buxom Fallen. She was wearing a violet trench-coat like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. As always the trench-coat tope was wide open giving him the perfect view of her ample cleavage.

"That's it." She whispered. "That anger in your eyes, the smell of lust radiating from you. That's what I want to see." She moaned heat shooting through her as she shuddered.

"You keep pushing and one of these days you'll push me too far." He warned, one hand gripping her long blue hair, the other on her ass. The minor height difference between them allowed him to look down on her flush face. Of course his eyes kept drifting lower looking at her gorgeous breasts, and her body that was made for sin. Even with that body he knew the truth, Kalawarner hadn't been one of the original Fallen Angels and unlike her compatriots hadn't fallen due to lust, but Envy. She had been envious of Gabriel's position as the Strongest and Most Beautiful Woman of Heaven and the feelings had festered within her until one day it consumed her, and lashed out daring to attack the Seraph.

She had been thoroughly defeated fleeing from the might of the Seraph. When she finally recovered the haze had cleared from her mind and she had realized what she had done, her once beautiful white wings were now pitch black. From her foolish actions she had not only lost her halo, but also her father's blessing and she wept at reality. With no other place to go she turned to the Azazel who welcomed her with open arms. While she was still envious of Gabriel the feeling had been tempered as she sought out the other sins, transforming into the lustful creature before him with a hunger to rival a succubus, something that he knew for a fact.

"I love it when you're rough with me." She hissed in pain as her head was pulled back.

"Mittelt step to the side a bit and promise me you won't move until I tell you to." Leo commanded, and after seeing the younger girl shoot him a thumbs up, dropped 4 runestones on the ground around her. A black wall rose up preventing her from hearing or seeing anything outside of the confines of the ward. He spared a moment to make sure that it was functioning properly, before he attacked, nipping at the older Fallen's neck, sucking on her skin and leaving a trail of love bites.

"That's it." She purred, pulling him against her. Reaching up she grabbed him by the hair and pulled him off, before savagely mashing her lips against his. Shoving her tongue down his throat she explored his mouth as his hands deftly unbuttoned her top and massaged her breasts. Her hand darted into his pants, as he groaned at her touch. "I can't wait to feel this in me again. Lia doesn't know how lucky she really is. Where is she by the way?"

"Taking care of a loose end." Leo said, feeling the woman convulse as he channeled a bit of electricity through his fingers and into the nipple he was pinching.

"Bring her next time." Kalawarner demanded. "She tastes absolutely delicious."

"Are you unsatisfied by me?" He teased pulling away slightly. While Cornelia had no affection for the older woman she wouldn't turn down the opportunity.

"Don't tease me." She hissed trying to push him to the floor. He stopped her, grabbing her hands hoisting them over her head as he shoved her against the wall.

"I lead this dance." Leo growled, feeling the heat that was coming from her nether region as his leg was pressed against her. The next thing he knew he was face up against the floor, Kalawarner straddling him with her twin wings proudly displayed.

"Forgot about my wings?" She asked, running a hand down his shirt, slicing it open.

"Yeah." He admitted sitting up.

"You men and breasts." Kalawarner gasped, as he placed several kisses on her breast. He didn't go straight for her pert nipples instead licking around , his rough tongue overloading her brain so that all she could do was hold on and moan. As his tongue moved closer and closer her panting grew faster and heavier, her moaning filled with need and lust. Ending her torment he took her nipple into his mouth and gently bit it, his tongue flitting across the erect nub, his other hand rolling her other nipple while channeling a small amount of electricity into her. She shuddered under his tender mercies his pants growing wet as an orgasm ripped through her body.

"WHAT THE FUCK!"

Both of them turned to see Raynare frozen at the threshold of the doorway.

"Fuckin' hell." Leo groaned realizing the discomfort that was to come. "Should've put a ward up to stop anyone from entering."

Meanwhile Kalawarner was glaring daggers at Raynare, the sheer malice coming from her enough the send the younger Fallen several steps back. "We'll be having a talk later."

Raynare could do nothing but nod furiously. "Turn around, Leo doesn't need you besmirching his body with your gaze." Raynare would've never let such an insult stand but from the look that her compatriot was shooting her she knew she was very close to being speared and her body dumped in the ocean. So reluctantly she turned around with a humph.

Kalawarner got off and turned away from the door as she began to button up her top, allowing him to stand. He groaned painfully his pants tight, as Dohnaseek shot him a discrete thumbs up.

Grimacing as he moved around, he mouthed "blue balls". The older male winced and tipped his hat in consolation. A few minutes of meditation later he was finally calm once more, and dispelled the ward around Mittelt.

"What's going on?" The girl asked, then noticing both his and Kalwarner's disheveled clothes laughed. "Kukuku. I see that you were both up to something."

Leo hadn't blushed in years, and he wasn't about to start from a single comment. "We were sparring."

"Really? I thought Kalawarner wielded the spear not you." Mittelt stared at him dumbly, but after seeing his impassive face sighed. "I'm a Fallen Angel, brother. My parents are Fallen who fell because of Lust. Auntie Nemue gave me the talk already not to mention that I'm 16 and I've seen plenty of members of the Grigori rutting around. So when you tell me that you're sparring when I can literally smell the lust off the both of you, it's more like you're planning on sheathing your spear inside her."

"No comment." Leo said doggedly. Mittelt was like his baby sister and he refused to be drawn into a conversation about sex with her.

"Look Dohnaseek said you had something important to say." Raynare snapped impatiently. "So spit it out already we've got a mission to get back to."

"Don't take that tone with me Raynare!" Leo sneered in anger. "If it wasn't because of your stupidity Cornelia and I would still be on the beach relaxing rather than here in this town so close to the devils I despise." As his anger rose, his control began to slip and the very space around them began to tremble as several items were compressed from sheer pressure. "But no, because you refused to follow orders I'm here cleaning up the mess."

"What are you talking about?" Kalawarner asked unnaturally serious. Ever since Azazel had saved her she had been loyal to him.

"Your orders were only to observe the target, not eliminate." Leo said.

"No they aren't." Mittelt spoke up. "We received new orders from Lord Azazel telling us to that the target was to be eliminated while he was still weak."

"Really?" Leo drawled though he reigned himself in since this was his sister speaking. "Tell me when did Azazel contact you and change your orders?"

"About 5 days ago, when we did our last check-in." Mittelt said. "I know because I talked to Lord Azazel and updated him on our status personally."

"And did you notice anything odd about him when you reported?"

The girl shook her head. "Everything seemed normal to me. While I didn't report to him face to face, he knew all our pass phrases and gave the proper verification before I started."

"You're certain that it was Azazel?" He interrogated.

"Positive." Mittelt responded resolutely.

"What's going on Leo?" Kalawarner asked. "Don't bother denying it, I can see it in your face."

"Raynare disobeyed orders tonight when she decided to attack the target." Leo said simply, dropping the bomb on them.

"That's impossible!" Raynare exclaimed. "Lord Azazel said that the target was to be eliminated before he could be a danger to us."

"Strange then how Azazel has absolutely no memory of giving such orders." Leo pointed out. "In fact the reason that Cornelia and I are here was to investigate and ascertain your current status. Azazel was beginning to get worried when you missed your last few check-ins."

"But we haven't!" Mittelt said, worried since she was the one supposed to be handling communications for this mission.

"Azazel never gave those orders, you've been out of contact with him, even though you keep saying that you've been regularly reporting. Therefore not only has Raynare gone against Azazel's express orders, but the three of you are now complicit." Leo said coldly, causing the three older Fallen to stiffen.

Mittelt was close to tears, when he placed a reassuring hand on her head. "Thankfully things haven't spiraled too far out of control, that we can't fix it."

"When's your next check-in?"

"Three days." Mittelt said.

"Okay." Leo nodded. "Here's what we're going to do. Mittelt will check-in as she would normally do. Chances are that because of Raynare's actions the target is going to end up being recruited by either one of the two devil peerages. Therefore I want you, Dohnaseek, to monitor the boy at night. I don't really care what he gets up to at home, but if he steps foot outside I want you to tail him and report back to me." Taking a black card out of his pocket he handed it to the man. "For business expenses, I'll bill it off to Azazel later. "Kalawarner continue as you normally do, Raynare break out the Amano Yuuma disguise, you're coming with me tomorrow to Kuoh. From this point forward the only ones allowed to have contact with the target are Raynare, Cornelia, myself and if an emergency arises Dohnaseek."

"Yes" Rang out from the four fallen as they received their marching orders.

"Good. We'll reconvene in three days when Mittelt calls in for the next check-in. Remember we don't know if this fake Azazel has observers throughout the city or among the exorcists so it is imperative that you act as if you normally do."

"Wait I have one final question." Raynare interjected.

"Make it quick we're on a tight schedule here." Leo grumbled.

"Did you shoot me?"

"Of course I did." Leo said as if it were obvious. "Consider it punishment for disobeying Azazel's orders." Raynare nodded several times before winding up and attempting to punch him in the face. Attempting being the keyword as he sidestepped the punch and tripped her. "I don't know why you're complaining. I could've easily taken your head instead of a couple of feather."

"A couple of feathers!" She said outraged. "Try the entirety of my lower wings. I won't be able to fly properly for days."

"Get over yourself, you're alive and that's all that matters."

With that said Mittelt grabbed Raynare before she could protest and marched her out the door Dohnaseek following a moment later, leaving him with Kalawarner. She was in his arms as soon as the door closed, Dohnaseek shooting him a discrete thumbs up once more. "I love it when you're dominant with me." She growled. He grabbed her tightly around the waist and teleported them straight to the house that Azazel had lent them. As soon as they appeared on the other side it was a race to see who could get their clothes off faster, as they kissed and pawed at each other's body. They didn't even make it to the bedroom as Leo took her right there in the kitchen.

Cornelia, who had been sitting in the living room, merely raised a brow at the two before putting down her book and walking towards them.

"Yeowch!" Leo and Kalawarner screamed in pain clutching themselves as they turned to see an angry Cornelia staring at them.

"What did I say Leo?" She said darkly.

"Not to let Kala seduce me into her bed?" He ventured.

"Is that a question or a statement?" She asked.

"But we're not in her bed." He said cheekily, wincing as another bolt of lightning ran through him.

Cornelia rubbed her head tiredly. "You two clean up this mess. The kitchen is for preparing food, not fucking." She saw the expression on the two and added. "When you're done I'll be upstairs waiting for you, and we can do this properly."

Needless to say they cleaned that kitchen in record time and ran faster up the stairs to their room to see Cornelia already spread on the bed. A tempting feast waiting to be devoured in her sheer white lingerie.

They dove right in and by the time they were all spent they had little energy left to move. Cornelia had a goofy grin plastered on her face from all the attention and devotion that she got, and tangled in each other's embrace they fell asleep.

The next morning proved to be an interesting one. Leo and Cornelia woke up late and had to rush to fix themselves in time to get to school, no matter how much they wanted to skip and stay in bed with their blue haired lover. Once more Leo found himself praising the maids as they laid out a veritable feast for as they were both running on fumes from their activities last night. Devouring the food, he grabbed his love and teleported them as close as he dared with the devils controlling the school. From there they sprinted to their class beating the bell by several minutes.

As Leo was settling in for another boring day of class, a shadow appeared over him. Looking up he saw a girl with reddish brown hair smiling at him. "Hi, I'm not sure if you remember me but I'm Tomoe. Tomoe Meguri." The girl said happily. She has way too much energy to for the morning. Leo thought. Especially since she's a devil.

"I remember." Leo said idly. "You're part of the Student Council."

"Haha." The girl giggled rubbing her head sheepishly. "I didn't expect you to remember me from our brief meeting."

"I rarely forget people." Leo dismissed. "Is there something that you need?"

"Yes." The girl nodded, her head moving so fast that he wouldn't have been surprised if it flew off. "Sitri-kaichou wanted me to tell you to come by the Student Council Room after school. That is if you're not doing anything."

He thought about it for a few moments before nodding. "That's fine."

"Great." Tomoe smiled. "Then I'll meet you here after class and guide you to the room." Saying that she stepped back and took her seat on the far side of the room.

"What was that about?" Cornelia asked.

"Sitri wants a meeting with me after class." Leo answered.

"Do you think that she knows who you are?"

"I doubt it. We haven't done anything to really draw attention to ourselves." Seeing her disbelieving look, and knowing that she was thinking about their weekend antics, he sighed. "But if you want to stay close in case things turn ugly I'd appreciate it."

"I'll be there."

Before they could say anything else the door slid open to reveal a distressed looking Issei Hyoudou making his way to his seat. His only two friends, came to him and the Perverted Trio began to talk amongst themselves. Activating a listening spell he eavesdropped on them.

"Oh is that so? Is this a side effect of your hallucination about your imaginary girlfriend? Yuuma-chan was it?" Motohama teased.

"Wait. Do you seriously not remember Yuuma-chan?" Issei asked.

The other two members of the Trio looked at him with a mix of pity and sympathy, at his question.

"Like we said before, we seriously don't know her. Maybe you should get to your doctor for a check-up. Right Motohama?" Matsuda said.

"Yeah, you never introduced us to Yuuma-chan."

"You guys are just teasing me right?" Issei demanded, but saw their blank expressions and no matter how many times he asked the answer remained the same. "I definitely remember introducing her to you. You guys said things like 'How come a beauty like her is Ise's girlfriend!?' and 'There must be a system error happening in the world…Ise, you haven't done anything illegal, have you?' and other comments."

The teacher walked in mid-rant. "Hyoudou-san please take a seat. None of us care to hear any delusions that you might be having."

Leo smirked as the defeated boy sat down, keeping the eavesdropping spell up he heard his muttering. "What's going on? It's as if Yuuma never existed. It's as if the time I spent with Yuuma-chan never happened. Like these two said, it feels like it was just my imagination. There's no record of her on my phone, but I know it was there! Was it deleted? Who did it? That can't be! There's no way I would delete it and I haven't misplaced my phone to let someone else do it! So how's it gone?"

He disabled the listening spell, wondering if they were better off erasing the boy's memory. "Alright everyone." The teacher said. "We have another student joining us."

The door slid open to reveal the familiar form of Yuuma Amano, and it took all he had not to laugh at the expression that Issei had on his face.

"Hi everyone." Yuuma greeted with a smile on her face. "I'm Yuuma Amano. Please treat me well." Following a short introduction she bowed.

There was a crash near him as Issei stood so quickly he knocked over his desk. "Yuuma-chan!" The boy cried. "Remember me? You're boyfriend Issei?"

Silence. Everyone stared at the boy for several moments. He couldn't help it, he laughed. His was the straw that broke the camel's back and everyone began to laugh at his outburst.

Yuuma herself look frightened at the outburst, teary eyes and weak. "Ano. I don't know you at all."

"Yuuma!" Issei cried once more.

"That's enough Hyoudou-san." Leo said, his voice cutting through the laughter. "Clearly she doesn't know you, and you're beginning to scare her."

Several of the girls in the class leapt to her defense, threatening the boy if he continued to harass her.

"Why don't you take a seat now, Amano-san." The teacher said gently. "Where do you want to sit?"

"Leo!" Yuuma said, waving to him energetically a smile on her face. To everyone who saw her they would think it innocent and full of happiness, but to him and he could see the maliciousness behind it. Her eyes screamed "Payback, you bastard."

"You bitch." He mouthed, realizing that by her knowing his name his peaceful-ish life here at school was about to turn hectic. He had read enough of Azazel's manga collection to realize that his life was about to become a stereotypical school harem.

Before Issei could even open his mouth to complain, or his other pervert friends say anything he hit all three with a discrete but powerful compulsion.

"Well, there's an open seat behind him." The teacher said. One of these days I need to pay enough attention to remember our teacher's name. Leo mused. He knew it began with an M, but it wasn't important enough for him to remember the rest.

The day passed by quickly, Issei shooting him dark looks and glaring at him out of the corner of his eye. Leo ignored it all, as the boy didn't rate as a threat unless his sacred gear went berserk, and every time the boy glared at him, he amused himself with the scene of Vali mercilessly beating her rival into the ground. At the end of the day Hyoudou tried to confront him, but he cast another compulsion on the boy making him turn around and walk out the room.

Luckily Tomoe, didn't seem to be able to sense his power as she was being distracted by some of the other girls in the class. A few minutes later the knight was leading him to the Student Council Room, Cornelia trailing behind them invisible and completely undetectable to any means. "Excuse me." Tomoe said knocking on the door to the room.

"Enter." Sona answered, as Tomoe opened the door. "Ah Tomoe-san, Aurelianus-san. Welcome, please sit down." Sona said gesturing to the open seat in front of her as well as the single open seat in the U shaped formation that the other members of the Student Council were sitting at.

"Tomoe-san, you're work for the day is at your station." Tsubaki gestured towards the open seat in the formation. "Please take a seat Aurelianus-san."

Sitting across from Sona he couldn't help but compare his current seating to that found in Azazel's study. Everything was set for maximum psychological impact, and a lesser person would've squirmed in his seat under her fierce gaze. "Tell me Aurelianus-san, do you play chess?" Sona asked with interest.

"I prefer Settlers of Catan or Axis and Allies when it comes to strategy games, but I believe that I'm a fair hand in chess."

"Good, I find that I can tell much about a person over a game." Sona said, as her Queen put a board on the desk in front of them. "Would you prefer white or black?"

"White." Leo said arranging his pieces. "Pawn to d4."

"Knight to F6"

"Pawn C4"

"Pawn G6

"Pawn to F3"

"Pawn to D5"

"Pawn to D5. White takes Black." Leo said coolly. Though it was the first piece taken it was just a pawn and even if he was currently winning he knew not to underestimate the woman in front of him.

"Knight to D5. Black knight takes white pawn." Sona said moving her piece.

The opening exchange was done was the two tried to read each other, planning dozens of contingencies and attempting to stay several steps of each other.

50 moves into the game he found himself losing by a single piece, his forces spread across the board. 75 moves in he could see the slight tension in her shoulders as she stared at the board with laser like intensity. The game ended on his move at 93.

During the last 5 moves he had seen the disbelief beginning to form on her face as she realized that she wasn't going to be able to win. "Draw." Leo said. leaning back into his seat. Sona stared at the board for several minutes in silence, while draws weren't that rare it was only in the professional tournament that it happened. He was aware of the crowd that had formed around them, the rest of the Student Council having abandoned their duties to watch the long game between the two of them.

It started as a soft giggle, a sound that was completely foreign on their leader that they all pinched themselves to make sure that they weren't hallucinating. "Hahaha." Sone laughed staring at the board.

I think she's lost it. Maybe ending the game in a draw was a blow to her pride and she would order her peerage to attack him. While he doubted she was that petty, she was also a devil and he readied a holy hand grenade just in case. "Leopold-san." Sona said. He noticed how she was using his first name. From what he had gotten from the various profiles put together on her, she had never lost a chess match in recent history. Not even a draw. A part of him was happy that he had managed to accomplish something that professionals couldn't even do but at the same time he kind of felt like she was about to stand and declare him her eternal rival.

"Leo." He corrected, while he had no problems with his full name, he preferred the shortened form.

"Leo-san. I insist that you use my name as well." Sona smiled, resetting her pieces. "I'm sorry I've taken so much of your time, but I haven't had a challenge like that in a long time."

"That's high praise coming from a woman recognized by the FIDE as a Grandmaster."

"You know about that?" She asked in disbelief.

"Of course." Leo scoffed. "Information is power, and I made sure to do my research on you before I signed the papers to finalize my transfer. To tell you the truth I was hoping to play a game against you since your victory."

"Oh what do you know?" Sona asked challengingly. From the corner of his eye he could see the dark looks that her newest pawn was shooting him.

"Sona Shitori. ELO rating 2962 highest ever recorded score. Winner of the Women's World Championship. One of only 30 women to be recognized as Grandmaster. Along with Rias Gremory your families have control over the entire school as well as much of the surrounding land."

"It seems like you do know some things." Sona smirked. "I was going to ask you this but got distracted by our game. Tell me Leo-san, how are you adjusting to life here?"

"Is this something you ask every student?"

She nodded. "It's our job to make sure that you transition smoothly into our school. To facilitate this we provide a variety of services to transfer students. It's been a week since you arrived here, enough time for you to have gotten a feel for the school. If it makes you feel any better, I was planning on asking Hjördís-san to come here tomorrow."

"I suggest go or shogi." Leo warned. "She has little patience for chess. But to answer your question your question. While it has been a dramatic change from the private tutoring that I had academically speaking I'm ahead of my peers."

"Oh?" Sona prompted with a raised brow.

"Being under private tutors I didn't realize that both Cornelia and I were learning under at an advanced pace. The Academy's education is top notch according to several reviews but you're still held back by the slowest student." Leo clarified. "However the biggest change is adjusting to all of the other students."

"Is it because of your private tutors?" Sona asked.

Leo nodded. "Growing up neither one of us had many opportunities to mingle with anyone our age."

"Is it overwhelming?" Sona asked.

He shook his head. "No, just different. Our first day might have been classified as overwhelming as everyone jumped to task us questions, but since then things have calmed down. It'll still be a while before I get used to this, but I will." He lied, having no intention of staying here after the job was complete.

"I'm glad that things are going well and that you're adjusting to our school." Sona said. "And I'd suggest taking this as an opportunity to make new friends."

"I will." Leo answered, before putting his pieces back on the board. "Until then can I interest you in another game?"

Her smile turned predatory, as she shifted the board so that she was white now. "Pawn to E4."